PWA can't see all projects in PWA

[Linda]

Hello,
I have an interesting problem... two of my users who have had access to
Project Web Server set up on their computers can only see one project out of
36 that are posted. They are both project managers and I have matched their
user accounts with others who are working fine to ensure same setup... but
still, they are unable to see all projects listed. We use Windows
Authentication for access to PWA (2003 Project Server). No error messages
appear.

This of course translates to File open in MS Project 2003 on their local C:
drives as well... only seeing the one project listed as it is the one they
are assigned to.

I have checked Enterprise Resource Pool to be sure they are Project Managers
- yes they are. This appears to be an isolated problem.

Any ideas? Thanks much

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Linda --

Are these two PM's members of any other Groups other than the Project
Managers group? If so, remove them from the other Groups and let us know if
that solves the problem. Hope this helps.

 

[FaisalM]

Try these:

a. In PWA, check if these users are members of any other group besides
'Project Managers'. They might be members of other group with restrictive
permissions.

b. In PWA check the individual settings of these users & see if they have
any special permission assigned. Also look into their assigned categories
there.

c. Install View Effective Rights tools from Project Server 2003 Resource
Kit. Check the rights of these users to find what exactly is cauing this
issue.

Downlaod View Effective Rights Tool
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/839457#XSLTH3214121122120121120120

A look at View Effective Rights Tool:
http://tinyurl.com/dhxne

Also check 'Single users Project Access' in Audi drop down, then from
permission drop down you might want to select 'Open Project' or 'See Projects
in Project Center'

Hope that will help. Let us know in case you need further help.

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[Linda]

Thanks Dale... I thought of that too, and even tried your suggestion... they
were both members of Task Team Leads, Resource Manager, Team Members, and
Project Manager... leaving only Project Manager in the groups didn't change...

One thing that came up (didn't know prior) is there has been an error
message at time of logging into PWA (via Windows Authentication) of "You
either do not have permissions to see any projects in this view or the
projects you have permissions to view have not yet been published. Contact
your server administrator."

I have checked the rights compared to other PM's and they are the same...

So, still confused... or lost as it may be... ():->

 

[Linda]

Hi FaisaIM,
My SQL DBA was unable to get the tool to work. he states:
I applied the download and ran the install.sql script. I navigated to the
menu choice in Admin for Vew Permissions but it was looking in a directory
other than where I unpacked the files to. Do you have a link to more
complete install instructions?

The self-extractor defaults extracting all the files to:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 Resource
Kit\Toolbox\View Effective Rights Utility

I ran the first sql script but 1. am unsure whether it is OK to make a
registry edit; and 2. unsure where to place the new sec_audit.asp page.

I looked for a readme.txt but did not find one in the install packet.

Also FaisaIM - the second link that you gave me doesn't work...

Can you shed some light on this for us... do you have any other links where
there is more information on the tool?

Thank you very much,
Linda